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News in Brief by Alabama: Elmore County Jail guard Lita Williams, 57, was arrested and charged with first-degree promoting prison contraband on May 21, 2025, the Wetumpka Herald reported. Her arrest followed discovery of a cellphone in a jail cell during a routine search two weeks prior. Data from the …
Lawsuit By California Youth Alliance Prompts County Probation Chiefs to Dissolve Secretive Nonprofit by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On June 23, 2023, a group consisting of 55 of the 58 California county probation chiefs quietly disbanded the nonprofit they formed out of the public’s eye to provide …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Filed under: Education, halfway houses
California College Offers Housing, Services to Formally Incarcerated Students by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders For decades, prisoners were not eligible for federal financial aid for college education. So when Congress passed the Second Chance Act in 2020, rescinding ineligibility for felons and prisoners to access federal Pell Grant funding …
The George Washington University Law School-Rights Violations as Punishment, 2023 GW Law School Public Law and Legal Theory Paper No. 2023-25 GW Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2023-25 Rights Violations as Punishment Kate Weisburd This paper can be downloaded free of charge from the Social Science Research Network: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4424954 Electronic …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Third Circuit Unbothered by Pennsylvania’s Discrimination Against Sex Offenders in Denying Parole to Halfway Houses by David Reutter by David M. Reutter In a precedential ruling displaying galling cowardice, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ordered summary judgment on November 9, 2022, against a group of sex …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Colorado’s Halfway Houses Returning Half of Residents to Prison by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On July 9, 2022, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) rescinded a new policy that barred parole officers from getting arrest warrants for people who walk away from one of the state’s halfway houses. The …
Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020
Report: Oaks of Justice Pitch to Help Prisoners Return Home Appears Shady by Bill Barton by Bill Barton It’s scarcely news that people incarcerated in federal prison are often desperate for any possible chance to return home. Unfortunately, prisoners aren’t really in a position to verify the legitimacy of assorted …
Denver Tries to End Private Prison Companies’ Halfway House Contracts by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In August 2019, thanks to the efforts of newly elected Denver, Colorado councilwoman Candi CdeBaca, the city council declined to renew contracts worth a total of $10.6 million with GEO Group and Core­Civic (formerly …
Article • May 3, 2019 • from PLN May, 2019
Filed under: halfway houses
Private Halfway Houses Plagued with Escapes, Drugs, Sex and Violence by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Halfway houses run by for-profit prison companies CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America) and GEO Group, which are supposed to provide reentry programs and substance abuse treatment for soon-to-be-released prisoners, have been plagued with …
Article • April 16, 2019
Beleaguered Tennessee Community Corrections Program Set to Close by Stephen Newton by Stephen Newton After months of financial uncertainty and damaging allegations that began in 2018, the John R. Hay House, one of only 20 Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) community corrections programs in the state, has opted not to …
Under “In-House Parole,” New Mexico Prisoners Remain in Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Parole is generally defined as conditional release from prison before a sentence has expired. But in New Mexico, every month dozens of “release-eligible” offenders join a pool of paroled state prisoners who nevertheless remain incarcerated. …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
New York’s Prison-to-Shelter Pipeline is Poor Option for Parolees by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Released from prison, many New York parolees – instead of getting back on their feet through re-entry programs – are heading to homeless shelters in New York City. Of approximately 9,300 prisoners paroled from state …
Office of the Inspector General, Nebraska Correctional System, 2016-17 Annual Report, 2017 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE NEBRASKA CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM 2016/2017 ANNUAL REPORT Abstract An annual report regarding the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and the Nebraska Office of Parole Administration. The report is a summary of the year’s …
Publication • September 1, 2017
Vera Institute of Justice - Opening Doors - How to develop reentry programs using examples from public housing authorities, 2017 September 2017 Opening Doors: How to develop reentry programs using examples from public housing authorities John Bae, Kate Finley, Margaret diZerega, and Sharon Kim From the Director Securing housing is …
Council for Court Excellence - Second Chances: Returning Citizens' Re-Entry Struggles and Successes in the District of Columbia, 2016 DECEMBER 2016 BEYOND SECOND CHANCES RETURNING CITIZENS’ RE-ENTRY STRUGGLES AND SUCCESSES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Council for Court Excellence Improving Justice for the Community w w w. c o u …
Placement of Homeless Persons with Severe Mental Illness in Supportive Housing, University of Pennsylvania, 2002 Culhane.qxd 5/28/02 10:26 AM Page 107 · Housing Policy Debate Volume 13, Issue 1 © Fannie Mae Foundation 2002. All Rights Reserved. 107 107 Public Service Reductions Associated with Placement of Homeless Persons with Severe …